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Tips For How to Build Positive Relationships With Parents

As we know as teachers, parents are a vital part of student success in the classroom. They are students' primary educators and it's critical that we have a strong relationship with them to best support students. Parent-teacher relationships are important for providing students with a conducive academic environment and ensuring school and home are on… Continue reading Tips For How to Build Positive Relationships With Parents

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Entertaining and Engaging Techniques for Teaching Reading Comprehension

It can be difficult as teachers to keep reading comprehension exciting and our students engaged. It can often feel as though our students are losing interest in reading comprehension, even those who are strong readers. If you are searching for ways to make this essential skill more captivating and enjoyable, you've come to the right… Continue reading Entertaining and Engaging Techniques for Teaching Reading Comprehension

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Tips for Teaching Students to Analyse and Evaluate Current Events

Teaching current events can be daunting, but it's vital that students become critical thinkers who are able to evaluate the news they are bombarded with on a daily basis. In an era where information reigns supreme and the world moves at an unprecedented pace, preparing our students to navigate the complexities of current events is… Continue reading Tips for Teaching Students to Analyse and Evaluate Current Events

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Tips for Teaching Gifted Students

Gifted students often face unique challenges in the classroom. Unfortunately, it can be easy for them to "slip through the cracks" as they do not tend to struggle academically as some of their peers may. Of course, this is a generalisation in itself; I've had students who are gifted in math and have a learning… Continue reading Tips for Teaching Gifted Students

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How to Make Teaching Fractions Fun

Sometimes, teaching fractions can be a daunting task for both students and teachers alike. However, with the right tools and strategies, making fractions fun and exciting for your students can be just a little bit easier. No matter if you are introducing fractions to your elementary students for the first time, or getting more in-depth… Continue reading How to Make Teaching Fractions Fun

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Tips for Teaching Current Events Without Bias

As adults and teachers, it can be easy to spot the bias in the news we are presented with. And it's equally important to ensure we aren't presenting out students with current events in a biased way. In a world where fake news and skewed viewpoints clutter our screens, it's more important than ever to… Continue reading Tips for Teaching Current Events Without Bias

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Teaching Strategies for Students with ODD

As teachers, we all want to be running a classroom in which every single student is engaged, motivated, and empowered to reach their full potential. However, we know that within our diverse groups of students, there are those who face challenges that can make learning and teaching more difficult. One challenge is Oppositional Defiant Disorder… Continue reading Teaching Strategies for Students with ODD

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Tips for Teaching Your Students Empathy

Empathy for others and emotional intelligence is one of the most important skills we need to succeed in our lives. It helps us put ourselves in others' shoes, build stronger relationships, and be happy in our own lives. And, it's one of the most important things we can begin to teach our students. Teaching students… Continue reading Tips for Teaching Your Students Empathy

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How to Create a Minimalist Classroom

It can become easy to hoard a lot of stuff over time as teachers, and then it's easy for all of that stuff to end up in our classrooms. It can also be difficult to see so many awesome classrooms online and not want to put those amazing ideas into our own classrooms. That being… Continue reading How to Create a Minimalist Classroom

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Tips for Teachers to Save Time on Grading

Of course, assessment is one of the most important aspects of our jobs as teachers. So, it's unsurprising that it takes up so much of our time. Studies show that feedback has the most impact on students when it is delivered quickly, so we want to avoid spending several days, or even weeks, getting work… Continue reading Tips for Teachers to Save Time on Grading